Government Doubles BP Leak Estimate To 60,000 Barrels Per Day

The government just upped the Deepwater Horizon leak estimate to
60,000 barrels per day:

Secretary Chu, Secretary Salazar, and Dr. McNutt convened a group
of federal and independent scientists on Monday to discuss new
analyses and data points obtained over the weekend to produce
updated flow rate estimates. Working together, U.S.
government and independent scientists estimate that the most
likely flow rate of oil today is between 35,000 and
60,000 barrels per day. The improved estimate is
based on more and better data that is now available and that
helps increase the scientific confidence in the accuracy of the
estimate.